Saturday, April 11, 2015

We have a new milk goat!

A year ago last October, my DH had to have open heart surgery. I knew I would be at the hospital for several days and would be very busy caring for him when we came home. We had two milking does at the time. I had to sell them. Today, we went and bought a nice milking doe for me! She is an American Alpine, 3 years old and this is her second freshening. I am SO happy!

Here she is eating a little hay:

The chickens are thrilled. Not. She will be living with the chickens. :)

Melynda, if you like milk in general, you might be surprised how wonderful the milk from this doe is. I used to make cheese all the time. It wasn't typical "goat cheese." It was a farmhouse cheddar. Everyone is getting along fine now.